HighBridge will publish the audio edition of Thomas H. Cook’s new novel, A Dancer in the Dust, which will release this fall in print from Mysterious Press. It will be narrated by the estimable Ray Chase. Cook’s most recent book, Sandrine’s Case, is a well-deserved finalist for the 2014 Edgar Award for Best Novel, but […]
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New Tom Cook Novel Coming This September from HighBridge
April 16th, 2014 · No Comments · Acquisition News
Tags: A Dancer in the Dust·Africa·audiobook·genocide·HighBridge·mysterious press·mystery·Sandrine's Case·The Crime of Julian Wells·Thomas H. Cook
NPR American Chronicles WWI Marks 100 Years of Hard Lessons
April 7th, 2014 · No Comments · Uncategorized
One hundred years. Enough time for many changes to alter forever the lives of people, of nations. Most human lives now last longer. People move faster, learning, working, connecting. Most would argue the quality of our lives is better. Technology is our partner in everything we do, and has the potential to help us in […]
Tags: Alan Seeger·american chronicles·audiobook·Christopher Clark·Eddie Rickenbacker·Frank Buckles·Herbert Hoover·HighBridge·NPR·Pete Seeger·Rachel Martin·Robert K. Massie·Stanley Weintraub·Thomas Sopwith·World War One·WWI
On Immunity from Eula Biss, “Didion’s heiress apparent”
April 2nd, 2014 · No Comments · Acquisition News
National Book Critics Circle Award winner Eula Biss first scored hot, independent publisher Graywolf Press to release the print edition of On Immunity, her provocative examination of the flashpoint issue of vaccinations as a difficult but vital choice for personal and societal health. She found an equally hot, independent publisher for the audio edition: HighBridge will proudly release the audio […]
Tags: audiobook·Eula Biss·Graywolf Press·HighBridge·Joan Didion·On Immunity·vaccinations
Sandrine’s Case: The Mystery of Self
March 27th, 2014 · No Comments · Uncategorized
In Thomas H. Cook’s most recent novel, Sandrine’s Case (a Mysterious Press-HighBridge Audio, read by Brian Holsopple), the first-person narrator, English literature Professor Samuel Madison, is on trial for his life for the premeditated murder of his wife Sandrine, also a professor at tiny Coburn College. Madison contends Sandrine’s death was suicide; the prosecution is certain […]
Tags: audiobook·Brian Holsopple·crime fiction·HighBridge·mysterious press·mystery·Sandrine's Case·Thomas H. Cook
Kit Cobb Is Back–and HighBridge Has Got Him
March 6th, 2014 · No Comments · Acquisition News
Book three of the exciting Christopher Marlowe Cobb series of historical spy thrillers will be coming your way on audio this October. If you haven’t already discovered these terrific books by Robert Olen Butler, go grab a copy of The Hot Country, the first in the series, and give it a listen. It’s brilliantly narrated […]
Tags: Christopher Marlowe Cobb·Empire of Night·espionage·HighBridge·Kit Cobb·mysterious press·Robert Olen Butler·spy novel·The Hot Country·The Star of Istanbul·thriller·World War I
Celebrating Mandela: An Audio History
February 3rd, 2014 · No Comments · Uncategorized
The life of Nelson Mandela – a life that faced oppression, sparked revolution, survived prison, rebuilt a nation, and transformed the world’s view of justice, continues to inspire. Upon his death in December of 2013, at age 95, the world celebrated his unwavering dedication to “the idea of a democratic and free society in which […]
Tags: Ahmed Kathrada·Bongi Mkhabela·Denis Goldberg·desmond tutu·Eddie Daniels·F.W. De Klerk·HighBridge·joe richman·Mandela: An Audio History·Nelson Mandela·P.W. Botha·radio diaries·Sonny Venkatrathnam·South Africa
Uphill, Offbeat, and … Perfect: Kevin Kling’s The Dog Says How
January 7th, 2014 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Storyteller Kevin Kling was born with a natural gift for coaxing humor out of tragedy – and allowing the quirks of his family, his friends, and even his dog, to reveal truths that make it feel good to laugh through the pain. In THE DOG SAYS HOW, Kling offers a personal and enduring account of […]
Tags: HighBridge·Kevin Kling·public radio·storyteller·The Dog Says How
Hot Stuff: Robert Olen Butler’s THE HOT COUNTRY
December 23rd, 2013 · No Comments · Uncategorized
I confess that I’ve read (or listened to) almost nothing in the historical thriller genre, but if The Hot Country by Robert Olen Butler is in any way indicative of the quality of work to be found there, I need to get busy. Because this novel is as well-written, with characters as three-dimensional and interesting […]
Tags: audiobook·Chirstopher Marlowe Cobb·HighBridge·historical thriller·Mexican Civil War·mysterious press·Ray Chase·Robert Olen Butler·The Hot Country·war correspondent